Journal of Digestive Diseases and Hepatology
ISSN: 2574-3511 Impact Factor: 3.64

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Lidocaine Application for Cannulation in Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

Lidocaine Application for Cannulation in Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

Noriyuki Arakawa, , Atsushi Irisawa, Hiroto Wakabayashi

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Outcomes in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Single-Center 20-Year Experience

Outcomes in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Single-Center 20-Year Experience

Maria Guarino, Luca Pignata, Fabiola Di Dato, Valentina Cossiga, Mario Capasso, Raffaele Iorio, Filomena Morisco

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Use of Linear Endostaplers for the Cystic Duct Closure in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Use of Linear Endostaplers for the Cystic Duct Closure in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Samuel Morales Díaz, Luciano J. Delgado Plasencia, Rubén Casanova Ramos, Andrea Chirivella Fernández

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Is There an Association Between Gallbladder Dyskinesia and Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis?

Is There an Association Between Gallbladder Dyskinesia and Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis?

Zaigham Abbas, Hina Hafiz, Muhammad Ali Qadeer, Abeer Altaf, Mehreen Siyal

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A Randomized Prospective Clinical Study of Celiac Disease Prevalence and Various Characteristics and Association between Endoscopic and Microscopic Villous Atrophy

A Randomized Prospective Clinical Study of Celiac Disease Prevalence and Various Characteristics and Association between Endoscopic and Microscopic Villous Atrophy

Saraswathi Lakkasani, Dilesha Kumanayaka, Deeksha Seth, Ajayisade, Srinivas Pantula, Amaar Ahmed, Gouthami Jagirdhar, Mehul Shah, Yatinder Bains

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Retrospective Comparison between Radiofrequency Ablation Versus Cryotherapy for Treatment of Dysplastic Barrett’s Esophagus

Retrospective Comparison between Radiofrequency Ablation Versus Cryotherapy for Treatment of Dysplastic Barrett’s Esophagus

Abdelwahap Elghezewi, Mohamad Hammad, Mujtaba Mohamed, Mohammed El-Dallal, Ashley Nikki Farmer, Ahmed Sherif, Wesam Frandah

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Device-Measured Walking and Standing are  Associated with Improved Quality of Life, Mental  Health, and Biochemical Markers in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: A Pilot Study

Device-Measured Walking and Standing are Associated with Improved Quality of Life, Mental Health, and Biochemical Markers in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: A Pilot Study

Brandon A. Chiew, Jeff K. Vallance, Kate A. Lyden, Sandeep Kaur, Munazza Yousuf, Andreina Bruno,, Maitreyi Raman, Lorian M. Taylor

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Clinicopathological Characteristics of the  Subepithelial Tumors in Different Locations with in Gastrointestinal Tracts - A Multiple Center Retrospective Study

Clinicopathological Characteristics of the Subepithelial Tumors in Different Locations with in Gastrointestinal Tracts - A Multiple Center Retrospective Study

Xiang Yun ZHAO, Yue Qin Qian†, Da Fan CHEN, Jia CAO, Zi Li XIAO, Yun Wei SUN, Jie XIA, Shan WU, Hui ZHOU, Xin Jian WAN, Zhi Xia DONG

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Enhancing Hepatitis B Care Competency through Project ECHO: A Program Evaluation

Enhancing Hepatitis B Care Competency through Project ECHO: A Program Evaluation

Catherine Freeland, John Bruckbauer, Anousha Qureshi, Katie Huynh, Myra Rutland, Jonathan M Fenkel, Jessie Torgersen, Kenneth Rothstein, Robert Gish, Chari Cohen

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Sarcopenia and Myosteatosis in Cirrhotic Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study

Sarcopenia and Myosteatosis in Cirrhotic Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study

Bruno Barbosa Bandeira, Liliana Sampaio Costa Mendes, Mayra Veloso Ayrimoraes Soares, Wladimir Magalhães de Freitas, Luiz Augusto Casulari

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The Sensitivity and the Specificity of the Fecal  Immunochemical Testing in Detecting Colonic  Cancerous and Precancerous Lesions among the Lebanese Population

The Sensitivity and the Specificity of the Fecal Immunochemical Testing in Detecting Colonic Cancerous and Precancerous Lesions among the Lebanese Population

Tawbeh Hussien, El Zein Zeinab, Hachem Sara, Hallal Marwa, Al Saylami Haji, Jibaii Soukayna, Matar Rami, Hallal Mahmoud

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Predictors of Hepatic Fat Fraction Measured by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Adults with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Predictors of Hepatic Fat Fraction Measured by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Adults with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Debora Goncalves Da Silva,, Beatriz Francisco Barbosa Rodrigues, Josue Da Silva Brito, Angelica Amorim Amato

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HSP70 and CA 19-9 Serum Expression Correlation with Radiotherapy Sensitivity in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer

HSP70 and CA 19-9 Serum Expression Correlation with Radiotherapy Sensitivity in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer

Liumei Xiong#, Danming Li#, Gui Xiao#, Sipin Tan, Jianbo Wen, Guiliang Wang

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Analysis of Hepatitis B Virus Pre-S Gene in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Paracancerous Tissues from  Southern China

Analysis of Hepatitis B Virus Pre-S Gene in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Paracancerous Tissues from Southern China

Ping an Zhu, Peiyao Shi, Leijing Duan, Xian Jin, Yang Tan, Fenfang Lei, Qingxia Liu

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Budget Impact Analysis of HCV Patients’ Pathway: Past, Present and Future in the Italian Landscape

Budget Impact Analysis of HCV Patients’ Pathway: Past, Present and Future in the Italian Landscape

Emanuela Foglia, Elisabetta Garagiola, Lucrezia Ferrario, Andrea Lombardi, Cecilia Grecchi, Raffaele Bruno, Barbara Menzaghi, Giuliano Rizzardini, Davide Croce

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Geriatric Hepatology: The Hepatic Diseases of the Elderly and Liver Transplant

Geriatric Hepatology: The Hepatic Diseases of the Elderly and Liver Transplant

Shima Ghavimi, Hamed Azimi, Neel Patel, Oleg Shulik*

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Identifying Factors Associated with Underuse of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Stage III Colon Cancer

Identifying Factors Associated with Underuse of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Stage III Colon Cancer

Paul M. Schroder*, Megan C. Turner, Brian Ezekian, Christopher R. Mantyh, John Migaly

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New Onset Diabetes in Patients Undergoing Pancreatic Resection at Two Academic Institutions

New Onset Diabetes in Patients Undergoing Pancreatic Resection at Two Academic Institutions

Jason Ling*, Alyson Myers, Leo Amodu, Renee Cercone, Ernesto Molmenti, Myriam Kline, Horacio L Rodriguez Rilo*

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Outcomes of R0 Distal Gastrectomy with Limited (D1) Lymph Node Dissection for Advanced Gastric Cancer in Elderly Patients ≥80 Years

Outcomes of R0 Distal Gastrectomy with Limited (D1) Lymph Node Dissection for Advanced Gastric Cancer in Elderly Patients ≥80 Years

Hajime Fujishima, Yoshitake Ueda, Norio Shiraishi, Teijiro Hirashita, Hidefumi Shiroshita, Tsuyoshi Etoh and Masafumi Inomata

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The Drill and Blast Procedure - or How to Treat Complicated Bouveret’s Syndrome Endoscopically

The Drill and Blast Procedure - or How to Treat Complicated Bouveret’s Syndrome Endoscopically

Piero V. Valli, Reto Bertolini, Jan Borovicka, Christoph Gubler*

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Gray Relational Analysis of Hospitalization Costs in Acute Pancreatitis

Gray Relational Analysis of Hospitalization Costs in Acute Pancreatitis

Zhenmei Fu, Ling Lu, Quanwei Ye, Jian Wang, Lizheng Xu*

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Is MR Enterography in Addition to Ileocolonoscopy Necessary in All Newly Diagnosed Adults with Crohn’s disease?

Is MR Enterography in Addition to Ileocolonoscopy Necessary in All Newly Diagnosed Adults with Crohn’s disease?

C.S. Horjus Talabur Horje*, W. Geerts, L. Roovers, F. B. M. Joosten, M. J. M. Groenen, P. J. Wahab

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The Effect of Metformin Treatment on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Pancreas and Liver Disease in New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus

The Effect of Metformin Treatment on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Pancreas and Liver Disease in New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus

Gábor Zsóri1*, Klára Kosár1, Gábor Holzinger1, Dóra Illés1, Emese Ivány1, Géza Szabovik2, Máté Tajti1, András Nagy2, András Palkó2, László Czakó1

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Renal Injury During Long-Term Oral Antiviral Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB)

Renal Injury During Long-Term Oral Antiviral Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis B (CHB)

YaYunLiu1, WeiLiao1, QianHe2, AiJingXu1, JianYaXue1, ChengZhongLi1, XueSongLiang1*

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Hypermethylation of Multiple WntAntagonist Genes in Gastric Neoplasia: Novel Mechanism of Gastric Tumorigenesis

Hypermethylation of Multiple WntAntagonist Genes in Gastric Neoplasia: Novel Mechanism of Gastric Tumorigenesis

Zhenkai Wang1,2, Yaqin Ye3, Juan Wei1, Boshi Yuan1,Hui Wang1, Ying Kang1, Fangyu Wang1

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Predictors of Sustained Virologic Response and Failure of First DAA Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients

Predictors of Sustained Virologic Response and Failure of First DAA Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients

Omar Y. Mousa1*, Chang H. Kim2, Ly-Elaine Pham3, Chukwuma I. Egwim1, Scott A. Zela1, Victor Ankoma-Sey1

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The prevalence of Hjortsjo Crook Sign of Right Posterior Sectional Bile Duct and Bile Duct Anatomy in ERCP of 237 Patients

The prevalence of Hjortsjo Crook Sign of Right Posterior Sectional Bile Duct and Bile Duct Anatomy in ERCP of 237 Patients

Hanan M Alghamdi1, Raed M AlSulaiman2, Bander F Aldafery3, Afnan F Almuhanna3, Abdulaziz AlQurain2

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King’s Score, FI, FibroIndex and Lok Index Predict METAVIR Stage of Fibrosis among Chronic HCV Mono-infected Patients

King’s Score, FI, FibroIndex and Lok Index Predict METAVIR Stage of Fibrosis among Chronic HCV Mono-infected Patients

Amal Abd El-Hafez1*,Basem Hasan Elesawy1,2, Laila Shehata Dorgham3,Ahmad El-Askary2,4, Haytham Dahlawi5

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Management of Postoperative Bile Leak, Tertiary Centers Experience

Management of Postoperative Bile Leak, Tertiary Centers Experience

Alaa A. Redwan M.D, Ph.D*, Mohammed A. Omar M.D